Good Morning All,
Have you ever seen a movie that is filmed
in 3-D? If you watch one, you have to
wear special glasses to see the movie.
One of the “lenses” is green cellophane and the other one is red
cellophane. As you watch the movie with
the glasses on, the movements seem more alive.
One common theme of these movies is that the action is always toward the
screen and not to the left or right.
This makes the film seem to be right in your lap. The thing about these movies is that if you
don’t watch the movie with the glasses on; the film is blurry and is almost
impossible to watch.
This is how our world works. We live in the world and it is blurry at
best. It is so blurry that to some, lies
seem like truths and truths seem just wrong.
This is why the world seems so mixed up to us; it is. When you watch or read the news, the truth
seems all the blurrier.
Part of this is the mistaken idea that once
you become a Christian nothing goes wrong.
We want to think that there will be no more troubles or problems. We are surprised that events in the world, in
this nation, go against God’s will. We
shouldn’t be surprised. The world is a
sinful place that sees things all blurry.
We have been given the special
glasses. Through the faith that we have
because of Jesus, we can see things that the sinful world does not. We see God’s grace and we see the future, a
future of eternal life with Christ. Even
in the pains and failures of this sinful world, we see Jesus. We will have
pain; we will have tragedies. We will
see and experience things which hurt us and give us great sorrow. We will see things that will completely
baffle us unless we see them through the glasses of faith. It may not make sense but, through God’s
mercy, the redeemed children of God will be held close to God’s heart and given
salvation. We can only be certain of
this when we see things and events through faith; through those special glasses
that
God gives us.
So, if you are looking at the world and
thinking the world is winning; take heart, be sure you are looking at it
through faith and see God’s ultimate glory being revealed. See the world through faith, it is God’s gift
to us to get through this life. We are
his blessed children now and forever.
See the world through the glasses of faith.
Dearest Father, the world we see is filled with pain for us and
for those around us. We need your grace
to guide us through the sorrows that are.
Forgive us when we silently watch the evil occur and fail to speak your
words of mercy. Strengthen us to see the
truth and to speak the truth. In Jesus’
precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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